Hugh Martin

Hugh Martin (August 11, 1914 – March 11, 2011) was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He was best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis, in which Judy Garland sang three Martin songs, "The Boy Next Door," "The Trolley Song," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The last of these has become a Christmas season standard in the United States and around the English-speaking world. Martin became a close friend of Garland and was her accompanist at many of her concert performances in the 1950s, including her appearances at the Palace Theater.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 11, 1914 (Birmingham), Died March 11, 2011 (Encinitas)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, composer, lyricist, vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-07785	10-in.	4/13/1937	Carelessly	Kay Thompson Orchestra ; Rhythm Singers	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble	vocalist
Victor	BS-07788	10-in.	4/13/1937	Exactly like you	Kay Thompson Orchestra ; Rhythm Singers	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	vocalist
Victor	BS-068009	10-in.	10/21/1941	What do you think I am?	Art Jarrett Orchestra ; Gale Robbins	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	songwriter
Victor	BS-068010	10-in.	10/21/1941	Buckle down, Winsocki	Art Jarrett Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, vocal quartet, and vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-068036	10-in.	10/27/1941	Ev'ry time	Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Victor	BS-068353	10-in.	11/24/1941	What do you think I am?	Nancy Walker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-068354	10-in.	11/24/1941	Shady lady bird	Nancy Walker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-068355	10-in.	11/24/1941	Just a little joint with a juke box	Nancy Walker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-068356	10-in.	11/24/1941	Ev'ry time	Nancy Walker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-068399	10-in.	12/10/1941	That's how I love the blues	Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	BS-068600	10-in.	12/10/1941	Ev'ry time	Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	BS-071436	10-in.	10/1/1941	Ev'ry time	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	D4AB-0233	10-in.	8/17/1944	The trolley song	Four King Sisters	Female vocal quartet, with male vocal septet	songwriter
Victor	D4VB-0411	10-in.	11/12/1944	The trolley song	Marilyn Duke ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D5VB-1153	10-in.	11/16/1945	Pass that peace pipe	Dinah Shore	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	D6VB-3385	10-in.	12/11/1946	Connecticut	Herbie Fields Orchestra ; Romanticists	Vocal ensemble, with male vocal solo and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-1504	10-in.	8/8/1947	Pass that peace pipe	Beryl Davis ; Russ Case Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-2201	10-in.	11/18/1947	Shauny O'Shay	Helen Carroll ; Russ Case Orchestra ; The Satisfiers	Female vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D7VB-3028	10-in.	12/27/1947	If you'll be mine	Johnny Bradford	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Decca	74302		12/20/1947	The little boy blues	Sandra Deel ; Hugh Martin		lyricist, composer, vocalist
Decca	74303		12/20/1947	Gotta dance	Harold Lang		lyricist, composer
Decca	74304		12/20/1947	I'm tired of Texas	Nancy Walker		lyricist, composer
Decca	74305		12/20/1947	Let's do a ballet	Loren Welch		lyricist, composer
Decca	74306		12/20/1947	Shauney O'Shay	Sandra Deel ; Hugh Martin		lyricist, composer, vocalist
Decca	74307		12/18/1947	Horrible, horrible love	Sandra Deel ; Nancy Walker		lyricist, composer
Decca	74308		12/18/1947	I'm the first girl in the second row	Nancy Walker		lyricist, composer
Decca	74309		12/18/1947	Tiny room	Bill Shirley		lyricist, composer
Decca	74310		12/18/1947	If you'll be mine	Bill Shirley ; Nancy Walker		lyricist, composer
Decca	74311		12/18/1947	I'm not so bright	Harold Lang		lyricist, composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Hugh," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105222.

Martin, Hugh. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105222.

"Martin, Hugh." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.